Today I had the new continental tyres fitted along with the R&G crashbungs & oil cooler cover. Sadly the bar end protectors that I had were the wrong ones but R&G have agreed to replace them.i have only ridden the bike on the new tyres from the dealers to home but already I feel that they make the ride seem much smoother and the bike seems to change direction much easier. This became 9almost painfully) obvious when a car in lane 1 of the M20 that I was about to overtakedecide that she really preferred lane 2 causing me to swerve into lane 3. All I need to discover now is how well they perform in the wet and how much mileage I get from them. I changed the OE tyres just short of 7000 miles

Shaunomercy

its a shame I couldn't find the motorrad dry test Andy. the contis have a good rep on vfrd forum and the UK forum.overall the conti won because of its all round abilities and handling. the biggy for me when I put them on the vtec was they were tested in cold temps, and most importantly when u approached the tires limits they started to tell you. if you read between lines of the test of the pr2 there was no warning when they let go. that's high side territory.I Will either stay with the pirelli or conti ra2 Paul

I'm getting along well with the OE tyres now the weather warmed up a little but I agree that they didn't inspire much confidence over the cold season.

Out of interest, what made you go for the Continentals and not choose the "mighty" PR3s which a lot of people seem to praise lately.

Whilst I'm impressed with PR3s on Sue's CBF1000FA I thought that I would give the Contis a try considering that Nick sanders uses them on his road trips. Yes I do realise that he is sponsored by them.Strangely back in my BMW riding days in the '70s the bikes came fitted with either Contis or Metzelers and just about everyone wanted the metzelers as they were considered far superior

I have only done a few miles since fitting the new tyres as I have been using my NC700 to commute to work. However the bike seems to handle better and turn quicker than it did on the OE tyres. I will report back when I have a few more miles on them